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a short time ago president obama said egypt would never be the same. >> president obama has not always kept pace with a fast- moving crisis, but has thrown his moral authority behind the demonstrators. >> the people of egypt has spoken. egypt will never be the same. by stepping down president mubarak responded to the egyptian people's hunter for change. they have made it clear nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the dead. >> what a difference a few -- carried the day. >> americans and british were worried things would turn ugly. david cameron made a clear the army must hold onto power. >> those who run egypt have a duty to reflect the wishes of the egyptian people. there must be a move to democratic rule. >> people celebrated on the streets. there were far worse in his gaza. many are hoping for an egyptian government less friendly towards israel. >> [unintelligible] >> no celebration-televisa. many are concerned egypt is changing. >> it is not good for israel because it will create a state of uncertainty in the middle east. >>-jordan they celebrate the revelation. he rulers
a short time ago president obama said egypt would never be the same. >> president obama has not always kept pace with a fast- moving crisis, but has thrown his moral authority behind the demonstrators. >> the people of egypt has spoken. egypt will never be the same. by stepping down president mubarak responded to the egyptian people's hunter for change. they have made it clear nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the dead. >> what a difference a few -- carried the...
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and that will be a fill your for the obama administration. so i think administration is taking the view at least that it can influence, pressure suleiman with whom we have a close relationship into doing what is promised. producing these reforms within six months, finding time for political parties to come into being, talk to the egyptian people. it's all pretty far-fetched in a way when you think of the very close time frame. and certainly elbaradei says it's not possible. we need mubarak to go, he says, and we need a year to prepare elections. >> rose: i want to turn to one thing that i thought you wrote about really well, which is the sense of dignity that pervades the people that you have met. i'm quoting now from a man who said "why would we trust him now to play it right?" that's the question the west hand answered. you say "the deeper problem is more culture than political, to accept the mubarak or chaos argument is a form of disrespect to the civility and capacity of tahrir square. it's an expression of western failure before the expl
and that will be a fill your for the obama administration. so i think administration is taking the view at least that it can influence, pressure suleiman with whom we have a close relationship into doing what is promised. producing these reforms within six months, finding time for political parties to come into being, talk to the egyptian people. it's all pretty far-fetched in a way when you think of the very close time frame. and certainly elbaradei says it's not possible. we need mubarak to...
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president obama came out afterwards and gave a speech. again he was commending the protesters for standing up for their universal rights that president obama said he supports, the right of assembly, democracy, right to pick your own leaders, etcetera. but he also cautioned the protesters against resorting to violence, cautioning the egyptian government against violence. and it's still again, he was still supporting mubarak very much. then over the weekend everything changed and the president and others and the administration secretary of state hillary clinton -- that was after mubarak basically reshuffled his cabinet thinking that would be enough realized he needed more how far a fendly nudged and that's when they dispatched the former u.s. omnibus dur to egypt frank wisner to go there and basically say we don't think, president obama doesn't think you should run for re-election, quote/unquote re-election. and that your son, gamal should not be on the ballot this septr either. again mubarak didn't seem to be getting the message although h
president obama came out afterwards and gave a speech. again he was commending the protesters for standing up for their universal rights that president obama said he supports, the right of assembly, democracy, right to pick your own leaders, etcetera. but he also cautioned the protesters against resorting to violence, cautioning the egyptian government against violence. and it's still again, he was still supporting mubarak very much. then over the weekend everything changed and the president...
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president barack obama has called on the country's military to ensure a tradition -- transition to genuine democracy. >> a very warm welcome to bbc world news america and around the globe. in a dramatic turn of events, the egyptian president hosni mubarak has stepped down. the announcement came after 2.5 weeks of huge street protests in cairo and other cities. it was greeted with ecstatic jubilation. the power now rests with egypt's armed forces. >> welcome to the egyptian capital cairo, a country which exploded in celebration hours ago with the announcement that president hosni mubarak, president for the last 29 years, was resigning and that the army, the military council was not taking over. this may now be a military rule in egypt, but in the streets below, not just in cairo but in cities across this country, the people feel that the victory is theirs. as i look in all directions from where we are broadcasting it again tonight, the streets are absolutely packed with traffic. a long line of lights and horns blaring, the flags are waving everywhere you go. people are waiting the egyptian
president barack obama has called on the country's military to ensure a tradition -- transition to genuine democracy. >> a very warm welcome to bbc world news america and around the globe. in a dramatic turn of events, the egyptian president hosni mubarak has stepped down. the announcement came after 2.5 weeks of huge street protests in cairo and other cities. it was greeted with ecstatic jubilation. the power now rests with egypt's armed forces. >> welcome to the egyptian capital...
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he said he thought president obama was a very good man, but he said, "i told obama you don't understand the egyptian culture and what would happen if i step down now. if i resign today, there will be chaos and the muslim brotherhood would take over." for now, president mubarak remains in the presidential palace with his family. there had been widespread rumors that his son had fled, perhaps to london, but we saw him there when we spoke to him. president mubarak told me, "i would never run away from this country. i will die on this soil," and he defended his legacy, recounting the many years he spent leading this country. after my meeting with president mubarak, i sat down for an exclusive interview with his new vice president. i asked whether he would ever authorize the army to use force against the anti-government protesters, and he insisted repeatedly he would never order force against the protesters. he hoped they would go home. he said he hopes, "they don't follow through with their pledge to have another massive march on friday after midday prayers." he said the people should under
he said he thought president obama was a very good man, but he said, "i told obama you don't understand the egyptian culture and what would happen if i step down now. if i resign today, there will be chaos and the muslim brotherhood would take over." for now, president mubarak remains in the presidential palace with his family. there had been widespread rumors that his son had fled, perhaps to london, but we saw him there when we spoke to him. president mubarak told me, "i would...
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president barack obama in cairo june 2009, six his first year. watch. >> much has been made of the fact that an -- an african- american with the name barack hussein obama cube length president. [applause] but my personal story is not so unique. the dream of opportunities for all people has not come true for everyone in america, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores. and that includes nearly 7 million american muslims in our country today, who by the way enjoy incomes and educational levels tare higher than the american average. >> this was a fine piece of rhetoric, and a good address, a very good address, in cairo, but it was attended by many egyptian college graduates and other youth who cannot find work today. do you think that maybe they cued off him to some extent? not that he inspired this kind of rebellion but he clearly is off color, he's very much of them. he's thoughtful, he's young, and did it have a stimulating effect? if this can -- be done in the united states, why can't it be done here? >> i think the power of obama'
president barack obama in cairo june 2009, six his first year. watch. >> much has been made of the fact that an -- an african- american with the name barack hussein obama cube length president. [applause] but my personal story is not so unique. the dream of opportunities for all people has not come true for everyone in america, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores. and that includes nearly 7 million american muslims in our country today, who by the way enjoy incomes and...
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president and michelle obama will be making an official state visit, the first since president bush came in 2003. they are likely to stay in buckingham palace. an investigation is under way in vietnam where a tourist boat has sunk, killing 12 people. it was near a popular tourist destination. 11 foreigners and a tourist guide are among the dead. >> a protruding massed marks the spot. the grim task is to search the wreckage that lies beneath and to retrieve the bodies of those who went down with the boat. 12 people perished in these waters. most were foreign tourists. one by one, they are brought to the surface, gently laid ashore, and then taken to be formally identified. because of the disaster remains a mystery. and there was no warning, no clue of what was to come. to the investigation is already underway, and inevitable questions about safety standards on vietnamese tourist boats. but there are no answers to comfort the grieving. survivors still struggle to comprehend their escape. >> i thought there was something wrong here. the boat is going down. we jumped from the but then starte
president and michelle obama will be making an official state visit, the first since president bush came in 2003. they are likely to stay in buckingham palace. an investigation is under way in vietnam where a tourist boat has sunk, killing 12 people. it was near a popular tourist destination. 11 foreigners and a tourist guide are among the dead. >> a protruding massed marks the spot. the grim task is to search the wreckage that lies beneath and to retrieve the bodies of those who went...
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you look at that speech from 2009 and i say perhaps president obama had something to do with it. perhaps he didn't. perhaps the spark was lit in tunisia. this is about economics in so many ways. about people not having jobs, people not having food, people seeing prices rise and mubarak still in power and that's why i think the administration in some respects, really you can understand what was happening here because it was happening so rapidly. gwen: the president began making phone calls, he spoke to mubarak twice, the secretary of defense, the chairman of the joint chiefs, they've all been on the phone burning up the wires, yet they haven't gotten the desired outcome apparently. well, they've gotten one, that the egyptian military doesn't turn the guns on the protesters and take the dictator's side. that's really the trump card. they've got the military to reply a sort of rmp role so far. they relaxed that last night. yesterday we saw a lot of violence. today was a much better day. they were on the street, very visible. that's one of the key roles. -- roams. and interesting to
you look at that speech from 2009 and i say perhaps president obama had something to do with it. perhaps he didn't. perhaps the spark was lit in tunisia. this is about economics in so many ways. about people not having jobs, people not having food, people seeing prices rise and mubarak still in power and that's why i think the administration in some respects, really you can understand what was happening here because it was happening so rapidly. gwen: the president began making phone calls, he...
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president obama's team will be talking to the egyptian army. they are a key to the future without mubarak. >> i'll have more from egypt a little later in the program. one of the biggest storms ever to hit australia has struck the coast of queensland. they have suffered months of flooding and now expected to be battered by winds of nearly 200 miles an hour. the cyclone yasi roars across the east coast of australia. the premiere has told people to prepare for devastation unprecedented in history. >> the kentucky clone hit the coast with 199-mile-an-hour winds of fatal force. cities and towns were in complete lockdown. the emergency services were unable to respond to calls from frightened residents asking to be evacuated because it was simply too dangerous to venture out on to the streets. >> we are now seeing winds across these areas of more than 120 kilometers per hour. we are seeing torrential rain and some serious wave activity. these are conditions in which we cannot send out emergency workers or put up a helicopter to do a rescue. all of tha
president obama's team will be talking to the egyptian army. they are a key to the future without mubarak. >> i'll have more from egypt a little later in the program. one of the biggest storms ever to hit australia has struck the coast of queensland. they have suffered months of flooding and now expected to be battered by winds of nearly 200 miles an hour. the cyclone yasi roars across the east coast of australia. the premiere has told people to prepare for devastation unprecedented in...
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here >> first of all, as you know, i have supported the obama administration's foreign policy and i want them to succeed. i'm concerned that there is a danger of confusion confusing the process by which the change of government stays in place with a contest that has to take place after this. i do not think the administration will be in a position to put itself at the head of the true democratic parade around the world baby becoming too involved in the process of changing the governmental structure of egypt. in fact, i believe that if the process of changing the government is structured, it's not well-conducted. the more important contest that will come afterwards when the non-democratic and anti-democratic forces begin to organize each other will become much more difficult to contest. right now the radical and extremist and jihadist forces want somebody to create the democratic space so that they can afterwards pursue their objectives, many of which are against our interests and in the process of moving towards a democratic system we should keep in mind that there are two separate e
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we understand president obama spoke to mubarak for about 30 minutes. that's according to the news agency a.f.c. we don't know yet until that press conference what was said. we may never know exactly. some guidance on it. possibly. one white house official has been talking to a state department correspondent and the gist of that was that president mubarak's spoach was too little too late. the quote and i say this is unnamed source, it would have been fine if he made the speech a week ago. the protests started in ton nishia are shaking egypt and they reached jordan. he has dismissed his cabinet and pointed a new prime minister. the new prime minister has been charged with carrying out political reforms. the islammist movement says it does not welcome his appointment. the bbc's matthew price is in the capt of jordan. >> for weeks they have been protesting on the streets and calling for a number of things, primarily for the prime minister to go. they want political reform and they want -- they want the country's high levels of unmoment and poverty to be ur
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barack obama said in he wants to see change in egypt begin now. but the final say amelia with egypt's military offices. -- melee with egypt military offices. for now, president mubarak seems to be winning the standoff. but he will be going soon, so what happens then? egyptians have to face the possibility suddenly. mubarak -- egypt has always been a police state. the country has been run on emergency legislation for 30 years. under the president, the generals have run a very tight ship. personal freedoms have been in short supply, especially freedom of speech. the new vice president, omar suleiman, another general of course, used to be the head of intelligence. now he speaks for the government. >> i want the opposition to understand we can do what president mubarak has said. and when a new president will come you will have more time to make any changes you want. >> the president's accuses the legal political group be muslim brotherhood of arranging the demonstrations, but there is no evidence of this. the brotherhood was founded in 1928. it has of
barack obama said in he wants to see change in egypt begin now. but the final say amelia with egypt's military offices. -- melee with egypt military offices. for now, president mubarak seems to be winning the standoff. but he will be going soon, so what happens then? egyptians have to face the possibility suddenly. mubarak -- egypt has always been a police state. the country has been run on emergency legislation for 30 years. under the president, the generals have run a very tight ship....
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in public, the obama administration has been very careful not to be seen that it is dictating what a foreign leader needs to be doing. on the other hand, it also does want to make clear that it understands the grievances of the egyptian people, but it once the egyptian people to be able to choose to their next leader is -- it wants the egyptian people to be able to choose. there is a meeting between hillary clinton and the security council and others going on right now, and we will have to see if they come out with a statement later today. there is concern about the rising tension in the country. they do feel that the army is behaving very adequately. we have heard some kind of praise almost from admiral mike mullen, the chief of staff. he seems to think that the army was behaving very well because of its calls to protesters not to lose, because of its recognition of what it called the disagreement of protesters -- calls to protesters not to loot, but the more the protests continue, the more there is a fear of continued chaos, and the tension could rise. the situation could change ko
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. >> then president obama in washington said this. >> today belongs to the people of egypt. and the american people are moved by these scenes in cairo and across egypt because of who we are as a people. and the kind of world that we want our children to grow up in. the word tahrir means liberation. there is a word that speaks to that something in our souls that cries out for freedom. and forever more it will remind us of the egyptian people. and what they did, of the things that they stood for. and how they changed their country and in doing so, changed the world. >> rose: it is hard, very hard to express the emotion that is so powerful on the streets of this city. here's some of the scenes my producers shot with bhee as we came to the studio this evening. >> . >> we are a revolution . >>> . >> these pictures speak volumes but make no mistake, the hard work is just beginning. the people who have made this day from all sides now come together to try to reshape a country. we begin our conversation about this day in just a moment. >> we are now here with hafez al mirazi, a talk
. >> then president obama in washington said this. >> today belongs to the people of egypt. and the american people are moved by these scenes in cairo and across egypt because of who we are as a people. and the kind of world that we want our children to grow up in. the word tahrir means liberation. there is a word that speaks to that something in our souls that cries out for freedom. and forever more it will remind us of the egyptian people. and what they did, of the things that...
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president barack obama spoke before we have heard from president hosni mubarak. let's cross now to washington to speak to our state department correspondent. i understand you have been speaking to some officials for a reaction. what have you been hearing? >> we are expecting a statement from the white house -- a written statement from the white house any time soon, but in the meantime, i have been speaking to american officials, who have been giving me their first reactions to president mubarak's speech. initially, they said they were trying to decipher exactly what the public statement meant and how far the transfer of powers actually went. it was a very long speech, rather floury -- rather flowery language, and a lot of reference to constitutional articles. they said this probably did not go far enough for the crowd in tahrir square, but the protests will continue, and the crowds will get bigger. what is also interesting is where does this leave mr. suleiman if indeed president mubarak has transferred his powers to him and he is now the defacto president, as we
president barack obama spoke before we have heard from president hosni mubarak. let's cross now to washington to speak to our state department correspondent. i understand you have been speaking to some officials for a reaction. what have you been hearing? >> we are expecting a statement from the white house -- a written statement from the white house any time soon, but in the meantime, i have been speaking to american officials, who have been giving me their first reactions to president...
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after talking with egyptian president mubarak earlier this week, president obama said this. >> an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful, and it must begin now. furthermore, the process must include a broad spectrum of egyptian of voices and opposition parties. it should lead to elections that are free and fair. >> free and fair elections. what are the odds of that happening, charles? >> i think a good, as long as the army stays intact, as long as the army's not drag it to one side or the other, remains a guarantor and -- a guarantor of the state. mubarak will be gone sooner or later, but it is the one institution that could midwives the transition period to elections, parliamentary and presidential. >> mark? >> every survey of public opinion in the united states says that one institution that is corrected and respected is the military did they could be the savior of egypt as well. i did it is the best hope. democracy it is unpredictable. we know that. that is why we don't know the outcome. we do hope more than expect. >> nina? >> i am probably butchering this quote fr
after talking with egyptian president mubarak earlier this week, president obama said this. >> an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful, and it must begin now. furthermore, the process must include a broad spectrum of egyptian of voices and opposition parties. it should lead to elections that are free and fair. >> free and fair elections. what are the odds of that happening, charles? >> i think a good, as long as the army stays intact, as long as the...
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president obama submitted a $3.7 trillion budget for fiscal year 2012. it shrinks some government programs while increasing spending on others. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we talk to white house budget director jack lew and ohio republican senator rob portman about cuts, taxes, and the political battles ahead. >> ifill: then, margaret warner, just back from cairo, helps us look at the role social media and mainstream media played in the egypt uprising. >> brown: and we report on a battle that pits human champions against a machine. our science correspondent took the challenge.
president obama submitted a $3.7 trillion budget for fiscal year 2012. it shrinks some government programs while increasing spending on others. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we talk to white house budget director jack lew and ohio republican senator rob portman about cuts, taxes, and the political battles ahead. >> ifill: then, margaret warner, just back from cairo, helps us look at the role social media and mainstream media played in the egypt uprising....
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obama had in mind. he is right now on air force one traveling back to washington and it will be interesting to see how quickly he does or does not come out to make a public statement about this. i think the white house will say what it has said throughout, we must watch and wait and this crucial line that has been repeated again and again, the egyptian people are going to be the drivers of this process. washington wants to be on the right side of history in the grand scheme of things and it does that by siding with the egyptian people, couching its arguments in terms of the egyptian people, but it is clear here this evening that events have not gone as officials of washington were expecting. >> i think what president mubarak would say is that it does not matter. he said a few times in his speech that egypt would not be dictated to by foreign powers. egypt would decide its own fate and sending a very clear message. we have heard statements by senior officials close to president mubarak telling the united
obama had in mind. he is right now on air force one traveling back to washington and it will be interesting to see how quickly he does or does not come out to make a public statement about this. i think the white house will say what it has said throughout, we must watch and wait and this crucial line that has been repeated again and again, the egyptian people are going to be the drivers of this process. washington wants to be on the right side of history in the grand scheme of things and it...
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but there's a hump the obama administration has to cross in order to reach out. >> rose: how do you make an argument that we want to be on the right side of history and yet at the same time we're not... as soon as it gets tough for our friends we can change sides. >> rose: the one thing we have to figure out, who are our friends. >> rose: right. >> over and over again while the uprising was taking place in egypt you would hear hear someone from the administration or someone in general saying well, egypt has been our friend. that's not true. egypt hasn't been our friend. mubarak has been our friend. let's recognize who our friends are really. i think once you do that it opens up that possibility. mubarak's gone. we need new friends. the other thing that many of these young people have been telling us is there's no consistency in the american foreign policy? that region. on the one hand, the president of the united states expresses openly after initial hesitation openly his support for the uprising in iran as he did last year. he came out and supported the green revolution, he spoke very f
but there's a hump the obama administration has to cross in order to reach out. >> rose: how do you make an argument that we want to be on the right side of history and yet at the same time we're not... as soon as it gets tough for our friends we can change sides. >> rose: the one thing we have to figure out, who are our friends. >> rose: right. >> over and over again while the uprising was taking place in egypt you would hear hear someone from the administration or...
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president obama has expressed his condolences to the parent of american immigration customs agent shot dead in mexico on tuesday. government attacked at his car. a second agent was wounded. >> the roadside scene which signaled a new phase in mexico's drug wars. this summer pleaded car with two u.s. special agents. it was an ambush by gunmen, linked to the cartel. the special agent died after being shot five times. the second a it was shot twice in the leg. his condition is stable. he has been moved back to the united states. washington is done, but standing by its mexican ally. >> the government has stepped forward very courageously in recent years. they are with the united states help, taking aggressive action against the perpetrators of this kind of violence. clearly, this was a horrible act. we express our deepest sympathy to the families and colleagues of these agents. >> the u.s. and mexico has been in step. it is a war that has claimed a 35,000 lives in the space of four years. last year, relations were strained when hillary clinton referred to the cartel's as an insurgency. for
president obama has expressed his condolences to the parent of american immigration customs agent shot dead in mexico on tuesday. government attacked at his car. a second agent was wounded. >> the roadside scene which signaled a new phase in mexico's drug wars. this summer pleaded car with two u.s. special agents. it was an ambush by gunmen, linked to the cartel. the special agent died after being shot five times. the second a it was shot twice in the leg. his condition is stable. he has...
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is obama down? i think what's responsibility that democracy groups like n.d.i. in america and different n.g.o.s involved in democracy promotion, i was talking to one of the older people in the square but a doctor who's definitely part of this process he said what we desperately need are the building blocks of civil society. mubarak never let us have that. the only people who have it are muslim brothers. so they have powerful n.g.o.s. they have the ability to organize. they have a political arm. the authentic very powerful group, they don't have that. and the best thing we can do... two things we can do for egypt that would... one is at the n.g.o. end level get over here. get over here and simply volunteer not to order, not direct, not dictate but to say do you need to know how to organize these kind of things? here's our experience. >> rose: egypt can now open itself up to all of the intelligence and all of the creativity in the world to join their own process. >> and there's one last thing we can d
is obama down? i think what's responsibility that democracy groups like n.d.i. in america and different n.g.o.s involved in democracy promotion, i was talking to one of the older people in the square but a doctor who's definitely part of this process he said what we desperately need are the building blocks of civil society. mubarak never let us have that. the only people who have it are muslim brothers. so they have powerful n.g.o.s. they have the ability to organize. they have a political arm....
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obama has ordered three more ground strikes than george bush in his entire time in office. it's the continuities between obama and bush. >> charlie: that's not that many. >> there aren't that many members of al-qaeda or afghanistan or pakistan but there are 200 members of al-qaeda on 9/11. this has been a pretty small organization. >> charlie: at the time of 9/11 they had a group of 200 member. >> the waive we define membership, swearing a personal oath or allegiance to bin laden. you don't swear allegiance to al-qaeda you swear allegiance to bin laden himself. >> charlie: where does that come from? >> the phrase in arabic is buy out which is an old idea an islamic ruler you swear oath of allegiance. the numbers of al-qaeda have always been small. i think it's a bit of red herring to just focus on the numbers because the strength of al-qaeda is to have a group for these ideas. so you see itself as an elite group that's trying to influence other people. the good news is that more and more muslims are turning againt it. that's beginning to change. >> charlie: the afghan star
obama has ordered three more ground strikes than george bush in his entire time in office. it's the continuities between obama and bush. >> charlie: that's not that many. >> there aren't that many members of al-qaeda or afghanistan or pakistan but there are 200 members of al-qaeda on 9/11. this has been a pretty small organization. >> charlie: at the time of 9/11 they had a group of 200 member. >> the waive we define membership, swearing a personal oath or allegiance to...
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president obama has signed document approving a major nuclear arms treaty between the u.s. and russia. there will be big cuts between the nuclear arsenals and reestablish as a monetary system. it will come into force when the u.s. and russia exchange be signed papers. russia is increasing the offices are in their military by 7000. the extra officers are needed for a new aerospace defense branch of the military. it has been cut heavily in recent years. at least 2000 police officers in berlin have that cleared a building occupied by squatters for two decades. police moved in including militants in their 50's. it had become a symbol of the battle against gentrification. google has accused microsoft of plagiarizing their search results. the claims that microsoft is cheating by using google search data on its own. microsoft denies the charge. it says it is just using information that customers are willing to share with them. another massive story around one of the biggest storms ever to hit australia has hit the coast of queensland. it has already suffered months of flooding. th
president obama has signed document approving a major nuclear arms treaty between the u.s. and russia. there will be big cuts between the nuclear arsenals and reestablish as a monetary system. it will come into force when the u.s. and russia exchange be signed papers. russia is increasing the offices are in their military by 7000. the extra officers are needed for a new aerospace defense branch of the military. it has been cut heavily in recent years. at least 2000 police officers in berlin...
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it was a wonderful moment when obama could have shown his enormous love for the democracy protestors here. went to the university of cairo 18 months ago, preached freedom, liberation, et cetera. when these people demonstrated their courage, he didn't know which side to take. it was he who produced the clenched fist rather than the hand of democracy. there would have been some american flags around today if he had come out in the beginning and that would have solved so much anti-american rage in the middle east. not al qaeda's rage, but the u.s. would have suddenly... you'd have american flags and egyptian flags together. obama came out, honored his word at the university from the start he said the state security police he didn't do that, he went along with the torture state but i'll say this, up to now this is probably... up to this moment in 36 years in the middle east probably the happiest story i've ever covered. but i'll tell you a little instant just to show you the edge here in our western world. my colleague don mcintire is talking to some british tourists who were leaving and
it was a wonderful moment when obama could have shown his enormous love for the democracy protestors here. went to the university of cairo 18 months ago, preached freedom, liberation, et cetera. when these people demonstrated their courage, he didn't know which side to take. it was he who produced the clenched fist rather than the hand of democracy. there would have been some american flags around today if he had come out in the beginning and that would have solved so much anti-american rage in...
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president obama has just been speaking. in all of this, the military will play a key role. >> there is no doubt at all what people want. >> everyone has one demand. mubarak must go and he must go now. but who or what will replace him? for nearly 60 years, this country has been run by the military. hosni mubarak, like his predecessor, was a military general. in 1981, and more sadat was assassinated. mubarak was bundled to safety and the presidency. egypt has the eighth largest army in world. if mubarak those, his replacement will almost certainly come from the military. -- if mubarak goes. the most likely candidate is the vice president's. last night, he made this promise. >> in this time, we can do what president mubarak has said. and we can do more. when a new president will come, you will have more time to make any changes you want. >> but egypt's most important ally now says that is not enough. >> need a broad and credible representation of egypt's civil society and political factions, to begin immediately, during negoti
president obama has just been speaking. in all of this, the military will play a key role. >> there is no doubt at all what people want. >> everyone has one demand. mubarak must go and he must go now. but who or what will replace him? for nearly 60 years, this country has been run by the military. hosni mubarak, like his predecessor, was a military general. in 1981, and more sadat was assassinated. mubarak was bundled to safety and the presidency. egypt has the eighth largest army...
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>> what is obama's lamb as. >> obama's lamas. that's what this category is all about. >> reporter: it amazed me how watson gets all the jokes the word play and the puns that are hallmarks of jeopardy. and watson gets smarter with each answer. >> it learns based on the right answers how to adjust its interpretation. and now from not being confident, it starts to get more confident in the right answers. >> watson surprises snu. >> absolutely. in fact, you know, people say why did he get that wrong? i don't know. >> reporter: computers that rern, understand and even surprise us? what could go wrong with that? >> do you read me? do you read me, hal? >> affirmative, dave. i read you. >> reporter: oh, yeah. there is that. a machine that becomes a psychopathic murderer. >> open the doors for me, al. >> i'm sorry, dif. i'm afraid wra do that. >> artificial intelligence can be destructive. it's already used in our weapons. we have smart weapons. we sent a missile across the world. it intelligently navigates and makes its own decisions. te
>> what is obama's lamb as. >> obama's lamas. that's what this category is all about. >> reporter: it amazed me how watson gets all the jokes the word play and the puns that are hallmarks of jeopardy. and watson gets smarter with each answer. >> it learns based on the right answers how to adjust its interpretation. and now from not being confident, it starts to get more confident in the right answers. >> watson surprises snu. >> absolutely. in fact, you know,...
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but obama there's none of that big principles we talk about. he's more practical and pragmatic. so he's a different sort of person. i'd want him to take a book about the first bush administration, h.w. bush, because i think he has something in common with bush and james baker. sort of pragmatic guys, sort of level headed. sort of an aversion to big ideology. i'd want them to learn from what they did right and wrong. >> rose: i also think he sees the battlefield as only between the center and the right and the republicans. he thinks that the left is secure and they're not going to complain a lot. >> well, i think he's absolutely right to think that there will be some complaints from the professional left as they put it famously. >> rose: that's right, yes. >> rose: >> but there's no evidence... there's never been any evidence that the liberal democrat voters will not vote for barack obama. the other thing to be said is they have a distorted view of what the republicans are for. and this is... i've got a new rule in the last couple weeks which is any time a politician tells me wha
but obama there's none of that big principles we talk about. he's more practical and pragmatic. so he's a different sort of person. i'd want him to take a book about the first bush administration, h.w. bush, because i think he has something in common with bush and james baker. sort of pragmatic guys, sort of level headed. sort of an aversion to big ideology. i'd want them to learn from what they did right and wrong. >> rose: i also think he sees the battlefield as only between the center...
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. >> and we continue with jewel jewel, from bloomberg news, who covered president obama's statement this afternoon. >> it got to a point where the president did need to speak out. clinton was speaking out about what he had to say. one of the reasons it took so long is the administration is very concerned for the safety of u.s. diplomats. >> rose: and for a consideration of the decision-making that may be taking place in governments around the world, we turn to john negroponte, former secretary of at a secretary of , ambassador to the united nations and ambassador to iraq. >> i mean, if there is a part of the world where there's real interest in the stability, the well being, the freedom and the economic development of the north african region, it has to be europe. if i were the president of the united states, i would work this one on a multilateral basis for the time being. there may be some time in the future where we will have to take the lead with some kind of coercive action. you can't rule that out. but it seems to me this is still a time where at least right now i would be advising
. >> and we continue with jewel jewel, from bloomberg news, who covered president obama's statement this afternoon. >> it got to a point where the president did need to speak out. clinton was speaking out about what he had to say. one of the reasons it took so long is the administration is very concerned for the safety of u.s. diplomats. >> rose: and for a consideration of the decision-making that may be taking place in governments around the world, we turn to john negroponte,...
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and you can only imagine the young obama listening to this. i'm told that when obama meets with human rights activists from around the world privately he had sometimes describe his own experiences as a boy. i knows what what it's like to live in a-- he lived in, i lived there myself. i think that has come up this week. i think another feeling that obama has having lived through this, is that once the process of change really begins to roll, you can't put it back in the box. you can't stop it. i think obama with his natural reticence was reluctant to jump on this, to clamour for mubarak's depar ture. i also think he believes deeply that america has been part of the problem in that part of the world, that one sure way to undermine a reform movement is to embrace it with the american flag, for us to be calling the shots. i think he didn't want to do that. i'm told that at the end of the situation room meetings over the last week the president has turned to his aides and said we need to think about this in the larger complex. what is going on here
and you can only imagine the young obama listening to this. i'm told that when obama meets with human rights activists from around the world privately he had sometimes describe his own experiences as a boy. i knows what what it's like to live in a-- he lived in, i lived there myself. i think that has come up this week. i think another feeling that obama has having lived through this, is that once the process of change really begins to roll, you can't put it back in the box. you can't stop it. i...
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president obama -- >> president obama and the european union would disagree with that. >> i am sorry. we respectfully disagree. we are allies and friends, but we have to look at the facts. >> how the events in egypt may react -- affect the palestinian-israel situation. we need to get a deal before it is too late. others say it is hard to make progress when there are so many uncertainties in the region. bbc news, jerusalem. >> this was to be the day of the summing up in the hague of the defense lawyers for charles taylor, but they have been adjourned until friday, as mr. taylor and his lawyer failed to turn up. mr. taylor is accused of fuelling the civil war in sierra leone in the 1990's and is charged with 11 counts of war crimes. peter barnes was there to witness how the judge and the court deal with the snub. >> good morning. i take appearances, but before i do so, i note the absence of the accused, but, however, i will ask the principal person to speak. >> there was no sign of charles taylor nor his defense attorney. the presiding judge said she had received a document stating that
president obama -- >> president obama and the european union would disagree with that. >> i am sorry. we respectfully disagree. we are allies and friends, but we have to look at the facts. >> how the events in egypt may react -- affect the palestinian-israel situation. we need to get a deal before it is too late. others say it is hard to make progress when there are so many uncertainties in the region. bbc news, jerusalem. >> this was to be the day of the summing up in...
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the project had been supported by president obama. in economic news, new data raised the possibility of inflation rising. the labor department reported wholesale prices rose half a percent in january, the most in more than two years. the housing sector also saw improvement. home construction rose at the fastest rate in 20 months, mainly from more apartments being built. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained 61 points to close at 12,288. the nasdaq rose 21 points to close at 2,825. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jim. >> lehrer: and we return to egypt, and to jeffrey brown. >> reporter: in the first official accounting, egypt's health ministry said today that at least 360 people died in the 18 days of anti-government protests. a preliminary count that did not include police or prisoners. in the meantime, labor unrest continued, now including strikes by airport employees and textile workers, further crippling egypt's economy and prompting the military council ruling the country to send a t
the project had been supported by president obama. in economic news, new data raised the possibility of inflation rising. the labor department reported wholesale prices rose half a percent in january, the most in more than two years. the housing sector also saw improvement. home construction rose at the fastest rate in 20 months, mainly from more apartments being built. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained 61 points to close at 12,288. the nasdaq rose 21 points to close...
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barack obama is correct. they represent, they have roots in egyptian society but they are not the leading force in the society. and this movement was not lead by the islamists t was lead by seculars. >> brown: what do you think about the role of the army at this point, has enough changed. or has that status quo that hishem is talking about still in place? >> well, i think the egyptian people have around five and a half,000 years of running urban society. they now how to do this. know know about civil society, about legal systems, they know about farming and trade and commerce and foreign relations. they know this better than anybody else in the entire world, virtually. so i have enormous faith in the ability of the ode egyptian people to come together and make this transig. they haven't had a chance to do this in 50 or 60 years. but so i think, but it's there it's a chrome sownally in them and you have hundreds of thousands of egyptians from around the world, nobel prize winners, scientists, university presid
barack obama is correct. they represent, they have roots in egyptian society but they are not the leading force in the society. and this movement was not lead by the islamists t was lead by seculars. >> brown: what do you think about the role of the army at this point, has enough changed. or has that status quo that hishem is talking about still in place? >> well, i think the egyptian people have around five and a half,000 years of running urban society. they now how to do this....
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obama urged american businesses to start spending more and hiring more. and to hari sreenivasan, for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: we look at the changing role of egypt's military, as the country moves to a post-mubarak government. judy woodruff blogs about the 100th birthday celebration for ronald reagan in california. and our global health unit reports on the unsolved murders of women in guatemala. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll have another update from margaret warner in cairo. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions with small businesses. that go
obama urged american businesses to start spending more and hiring more. and to hari sreenivasan, for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: we look at the changing role of egypt's military, as the country moves to a post-mubarak government. judy woodruff blogs about the 100th birthday celebration for ronald reagan in california. and our global health unit reports on the unsolved murders of women in guatemala. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen?...